This content already exists in Bedrock Edition.
A sniffer is an ancient passive mob that digs seeds out of the ground and loves to sniff.
Spawning
Sniffers spawn by hatching from sniffer eggs found in suspicious sand from warm ocean ruins. Breeding sniffers with torchflower seeds will also result in a sniffer egg. They can also be spawned from a spawn egg or commands.
Drops
When killed, sniffers drop:
- 1–3 experience points, if killed by a player or a tamed wolf.
Upon successful breeding, 1–7 is dropped.
Behavior
Sniffers wander aimlessly, avoiding hazards and obstacles. They occasionally smell their surroundings and track ancient seeds by pressing their nose to the ground and when they find a seed, they drop to the ground and use their noses to dig into the ground until they get torchflower seeds or a pitcher pod. A sniffer needs, at least, a 6×6 space to sniff out ancient seeds and after sniffing out seeds, an eight minutes cooldown is activated before it can dig in again.
The following blocks are diggable by the sniffer:
Breeding
The player can feed the sniffers using torchflower seeds. When feeding them, the adult sniffers breed to create a snifflet. Parents have a five minute cooldown before they can breed again.
Healing
Sniffers are healed by 2
health points each time they are fed a torchflower seed.
Snifflets
A baby sniffer is called a snifflet[1] and they have a bigger head than the adult.
Sounds
Java Edition:
Sniffers use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sniffer grunts | Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer dies | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer hurts | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7) | 16 | |
| Sniffer delights | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stands up after finding a seed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer eats | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is fed torchflower seeds [sound 1] | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Sniffer scents | Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer sniffs | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer starts searching for a potential seed | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer searches | Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is moving towards a potential seed's position | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 2] | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer digs [sound 3] | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer stands up | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stops digging | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sniffer drops seed | Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs up a seed | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | varies [sound 4] | 16 | |
| Sniffer steps | Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is walking | entity | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly when a sniffer dies | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stands up after finding a seed | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer is fed torchflower seeds | mob | 0.7 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Randomly while idle | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer starts searching for a potential seed | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is moving towards a potential seed's position | mob | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer stops digging | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Friendly Creatures | When a sniffer digs up a seed | mob | 0.8 | varies [sound 2] | |
| Friendly Creatures | While a sniffer is walking | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Sniffer | sniffer | entity.minecraft.sniffer |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniffer | sniffer | ? | entity.sniffer.name |
Entity data
Sniffers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | It Spreads | Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst | Monster Hunter | Kill one of these 70 mobs near a sculk catalyst:
| adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst
|
![]() | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Husbandry | Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs:
| husbandry/breed_an_animal
|
![]() | Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed a pair of each of these 24 mobs:
| husbandry/bred_all_animals
|
History
| October 4, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2022 | The sniffer wins the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2022. | ||||
| January 20, 2023 | A sniffer is first shown in-game by Chiwi on Twitter. | ||||
| February 13, 2023 | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w07a | ||||
| Breeding two sniffers will spawn a snifflet immediately. | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Breeding two sniffers will now cause a sniffer egg to drop as an item. | |||
| Snifflets are now spawned when a sniffer egg hatches. | |||||
| Sniffers can now dig up pitcher pods. | |||||
| 23w13a | File:Snifflet BE1.png Changed the size of the snifflet's to match Bedrock Edition. | ||||
| Sniffers no longer drop moss blocks. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Sniffer (Experimental) | beta 1.19.70.23 | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Sniffer" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
Animations
Screenshots
Development images
Official artwork
- Sniffer Valentines Art.jpg
Sniffer valentines artwork.[2]
References
- ↑ "Once you’ve unearthed your egg, it’s time to help it hatch! I implore you to pay close attention to this part of the process, because you have not lived until you have seen a snifflet burst out of its shell." – Minecraft.net
- ↑ "Share these cards with that special someone." – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X, February 14, 2023





















